.. _codingstandards:

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Coding Standards
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* Python code style outlined in `PEP8 <https://pep8.org>`_
* `Doxygen <http://www.doxygen.nl/>`_, `Python
  docstrings <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0257/>`_, and
  `Sphinx <http://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/>`_ for documentation
* **NOTE: Please do not use f-strings in the run_metplus.py file so that the Python version check can notify the user of the incorrect version. Using Python 3.5 or earlier will output the SyntaxError from the f-string instead of the useful error message.**

Python code analysis tools like **pylint** can be used to check for errors and violations of PEP8 standards.